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The Tea Party explained : from crisis to crusade /
The Tea Party showed its strength in the 2010 mid-terms. Despite the opposition of leading Republicans like Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, and Lindsey Graham, 140 Tea Party candidates ran for Congress. Of the sixty House seats which moved from Democratic to Republican control, twenty-eight were won by Tea...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago [Illinois] :
Open Court,
2013.
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| Colección: | Ideas explained series ;
12. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Tea Party showed its strength in the 2010 mid-terms. Despite the opposition of leading Republicans like Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, and Lindsey Graham, 140 Tea Party candidates ran for Congress. Of the sixty House seats which moved from Democratic to Republican control, twenty-eight were won by Tea Party candidates. At the movement's height, 29 percent of Americans had?some ties" to the Tea Party, while 2 percent identified themselves as active members. The Tea Party first attracted the media spotlight with Rick Santelli's televised rant against the government's bailout of mortgage bo. |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (215 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780812698381 081269838X |